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title: How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get? — pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

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How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many buffalo skins, them · **What happens:** make, get · **To what, where:** them

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1808-pg641-part59/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1808-pg641-part59:t8:1
# text = How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Sunlight	Sunlight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | many buffalo skins | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nine, smeared with tar and stitched together in a long sheet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1808-pg641-part59:t8:o1:1
# text = Nine, smeared with tar and stitched together in a long sheet
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	smeared	smear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smear** | past | Nine |  |  |  |  | with tar | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme |
| 2 | **stitch together** | participle | Nine *not said here* |  |  | a long sheet |  | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nine heavy skins, smeared with tar and dried over a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1808-pg641-part59:t8:o2:1
# text = Nine heavy skins, smeared with tar and dried over a fire
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	smeared	smear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smear** | participle · passive |  | Nine heavy skins |  |  |  | with tar | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with tar=Theme |
| 2 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  | a fire |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nine, smeared with tar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1808-pg641-part59:t8:o3:1
# text = Nine, smeared with tar
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	smeared	smear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smear** | past | Nine |  |  |  |  | with tar | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nine, rubbed with oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1808-pg641-part59:t8:o4:1
# text = Nine, rubbed with oil
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with oil | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with oil=Theme |

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